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The January 2013 Collector’s Series Sale<br />
Roman Imperatorial Coins<br />
918<br />
918 Julius Caesar, posthumous, AR Denarius, Rome,<br />
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, quaestor designatus, 40<br />
BC, 3.75gms, laureate head right of Caesar, rev.<br />
Aquila, between standard and plough and decempeda<br />
(measuring rod), S-C (Crawford 525/3, Sydenham<br />
1128, RSC 48), neatly applied banker’s mark left obverse<br />
field, pleasing profile of Gaius Julius, light gray,<br />
very fine. (photo) Est. 900-1,200<br />
Roman Imperial Coins<br />
922 Divus Claudius, with Nero (54-68), AR<br />
Tetradrachm, uncertain Syrian mint in Seleucis ad<br />
Pieria, 15.15gms, laureate head of Nero right, rev. laureate<br />
head of Divus Claudius right (RPC 4122, Prieur<br />
47A - Antioch, SNG Copenhagen 180 - Caesarea),<br />
medium gray over some porosity, nice portraits, good<br />
very fine. Est. 150-200<br />
923 Galba (68-69), AR Denarius, Rome, July 68-Jan 69,<br />
3.06gms, IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG, laureate<br />
head right, slight drapery before, rev. SALVS GEN<br />
HVMANI, Salus advancing left, her right foot on<br />
globe, holding patera over altar and rudder (RIC 211,<br />
RSC 238), flan crack upper right edge, a piece lost in<br />
the distant past - which does interfere with legends or<br />
types, lovely old toning, excellent portrait, near extremely<br />
fine. Est. 150-200<br />
924 Vitellius (69), AR Denarius, Tarraco(?), XX gms, A<br />
VITELLIVS IMP GERMAN, laureate head right,<br />
globe at point of truncation, rev. CONSENSVS<br />
EXER(CITVVM), Mars running left holding spear<br />
and Aquila with vexillum (RIC 21), very minor tooling,<br />
toned over a few shallow laminations and slight<br />
graininess, very fine. Est. 200-300<br />
919<br />
919 Augustus (27 BC-14 AD), AR Denarius, Rome,<br />
moneyer: L. Mescinus Rufus, 16 BC, 3.89gms, laureate<br />
head right, rev. Mars wearing crested helmet standing<br />
left atop low, inscribed pedestal, holding traverse<br />
spear and parazonium (RIC 351, RSC 463a), attractive<br />
old toning, pleasing portrait, single small banker’s<br />
mark on cheek, otherwise choice very fine. (photo)<br />
Est. 700-900<br />
920 Tiberius (14-37), in honor of his deceased son,<br />
Drusus, Caesar, AR Drachm of Caesarea-Eusebia in<br />
Cappadocia, 33-34, 3.58gms, TI (CAES) AVG PM<br />
TRP XXXV, laureate head of Tiberius right, rev.<br />
DRVSVS CAES TI AVG F COS II TRP IT, bare head<br />
of Drusus left (RPC 3622, RIC 86), some light pinscratches,<br />
slate gray, good fine. Est. 150-200<br />
921 Caligula (37-41), AR Drachm of Caesarea in Cappadocia,<br />
37-38, 3.53gms, bare head right, rev. IM-<br />
PERATOR PONT MAX AVG TR POT (RPC 3624,<br />
Sydenham Caesarea 48, RSC 12), medium gray over a<br />
few old obverse scratches, flan flaw and spot of old PVC<br />
greening on edge, near very fine. Est. 150-200<br />
925<br />
925 Otho (69), AR Denarius, Rome, 15 Jan.-8 March,<br />
69, 3.21gms, (IMP OT)HO CAESAR AVG TR (P),<br />
head right, sporting Neroean curls, rev. SECVRITAS<br />
PR, Securitas, draped, standing left, holding wreath<br />
in outstretched hand and cradling scepter with the<br />
other (RIC 10, RSC 15), somewhat oblongish flan, deep<br />
slate gray, very fine. (photo) Est. 500-600<br />
926<br />
926 Vespasian (69-79), AR Denarius, Rome, 73,<br />
3.51gms, laureate head right, rev. Vespasian seated<br />
right on curule chair, holding a scepter and olive<br />
branch (RIC 65, RSC 387), tiny, non-obtrusive, triangular<br />
banker’s mark in one leaf of emperor’s wreath,<br />
pleasing iridescent highlights, excellent Flavian portrait<br />
on a broad flan, extremely fine and choice. (photo)<br />
Est. 300-400<br />
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